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USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. In total, 687 officers and sailors, including the five Sullivan brothers, were killed in action as a result of her sinking. Only 10 survivors were rescued after eight days in the water. [4]
English: A memorial placed on the cruise ship docks of Juneau, Alaska, to the crew of the USS Juneau (CL-52), ... Photos 2.0: File change date and time: 20:14, 1 June ...
Atlanta was scuttled after receiving a torpedo hit and heavy gunfire damage from Japanese surface warships and USS San Francisco on 13 November 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Juneau was also heavily damaged in surface combat in the same battle and then sunk by the Japanese submarine I-26, on 13 November 1942.
The Juneau-class cruisers were a class of United States Navy light cruisers that were modified versions of the Atlanta-class cruiser design. The ships had the same dual-purpose main armament as USS Oakland (herself a modified Atlanta-class) with a much heavier secondary anti-aircraft battery, while the anti-submarine depth charge tracks and torpedo tubes were removed along with a redesigned ...
USS Juneau (CL-119) was a Juneau-class light cruiser, commissioned 1946, active in the Korean War, and scrapped in 1962 Juneau-class cruiser, a USN light cruiser class, a modification of the Atlanta class; USS Juneau (LPD-10) was an amphibious transport dock, commissioned in 1969 and decommissioned in 2008
The loss of the USS Juneau (CL-52) and the relief of Captain Gilbert C. Hoover, commanding officer of the USS Helena (CL-50) (Callaghan-Scott naval historical monograph). Pacific Ship and Shore-Books. ASIN B0006QS91A. Kurzman, Dan (1994). Left to Die: The Tragedy of the USS Juneau. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-74873-4.
CL-52 or variation, may refer to: Canadair CL-52 Stratojet, RCAF jet bomber from the 1950s; Chlorine 52 (Cl-52; 52 Cl), an isotope of chlorine; CL52, a type of vacuum tube; see List of vacuum tubes; USS Juneau (CL-52), WWII USN Atlanta-class light cruiser, whose sinking killed the five Sullivan brothers
USS Juneau (CL-52) – US Atlanta-class light cruiser/anti-aircraft cruiser; torpedoed by I-26 13 November 1942 [b] PT-44 – US PT boat; lost in unnamed surface action vs. IJN destroyers 12 December 1942; PT-112 – US PT boat; lost in surface combat vs. IJN destroyers 11 January 1943